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24 alternatives to PwnPad – hardware hacking platform built for practical learning

PwnPad is an affordable, hands-on hardware hacking platform built for practical learning. It features a range of challenges that walk users through key hardware security concepts, from PCB design to side-channel attacks. - twelvesec/PwnPad

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.

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    Buildpad▲543

    Hello people of Hacker News, I’m Felix and I’ve spent the last few months building Buildpad together with my brother David. About two and a half months ago we launched Buildpad on Product Hunt and got a very positive response. Since then we’ve been constantly improving the product and grown to over 2,400 founders using the platform and 70 active paying customers. - If you’re a founder who’s wasted time building products no one wants, then Buildpad might be for you. Buildpad is an AI-guided product building platform that helps founders build products people actually want. Buildpad guides you…

    2024 · buildpad.io · its alternatives →

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    Hello! I'm Byran. I spent the past ~6 months engineering a laptop from scratch. It's fully open-source on GH at: https://github.com/Hello9999901/laptop

    2025 · byran.ee · its alternatives →

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    Makerpad▲663

    Develop skills, build things and get hired - without code

    2019 · makerpad.co · its alternatives →

  4. 4HI
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    Learn how to code by cloning real life startups

    2015 · code4startup.com · its alternatives →

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    🍃 Learn to code by making games in a JavaScript web-based game editor. - hackclub/sprig

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hackpad▲114

    The simplest way to organize and share knowledge

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Learn Python easily with your personalized AI tutor

    2024 · codebay.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hacksplaining teaches secure coding through interactive lessons where you exploit attacks, then learn fixes. Free. 45+ lessons covering OWASP Top 10 and AI-era threats.

    2016 · hacksplaining.com · its alternatives →

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    Py 2.0▲349

    Learn to code on the go 📱

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Learn to code by cloning real-life startups (PRO version)

    2015 · code4startup.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey Hackers. This is a project I solo-developed that turns completed PCB assemblies into an easy to use boardview with some accompanying boardscans. There are lots of easier and better ways of doing this, but this is an experimentation to do it as cheaply as possible, with the highest quality and lowest chance of errors. The technical details are in the link. Most public boardviews are almost entirely the result of industrial espionage, other than a few encrypted subscription based software platforms that provide extensive access. The process output is released as donationware, as my main…

    2024 · usoldering.com · its alternatives →

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    Hackr.io▲368

    Product Hunt for Online Programming Courses & Tutorials

    2015 · hackr.io · its alternatives →

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    Hospitality for Hackers, by Hackers.

    2015 · hackercouch.com · its alternatives →

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    Learn to code for free

    2015 · freecodecamp.org · its alternatives →

  17. 17HH
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    A fun coding platform for beginners

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    A fun platform for learning cryptography

    2020 · cryptohack.org · its alternatives →

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    A free coding education platform 🤖

    2019 · its alternatives →

  21. 21HB

    Hackster is a community dedicated to learning hardware, from beginner to pro. Share your projects and learn from other developers. Come build awesome hardware!

    2015 · hackster.io · its alternatives →

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    Hack▲239

    A typeface designed for source code

    2015 · sourcefoundry.org · its alternatives →

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    An educational puzzle game. Solve a series of tasks where you build increasingly powerful components. Starts with the simplest logical components and ends up with a programmable computer.

    2018 · nandgame.com · its alternatives →

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    Where hardware hackers and makers share their projects

    2014 · hackster.io · its alternatives →

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